Madoff is not the only famous scammer to make his home at the MCC either.

Old homes: Madoff's £5m Manhattan penthouse (above) and £2m beach-front villa in Montauk, New York (below), both face being seized by authorities

Raffaello Follieri, the Italian entrepreneur who went out with the
actress Anne Hathaway, spent two and a half months last year in the
downtown Manhattan remand facility while waiting to plead guilty to
charges including money laundering.

Martin Armstrong, the economist and silver trader accused of a $700 million fraud, was also held at there.

The MCC is not considered a dangerous prison.

But
Larry Levine, who served ten years in prison for securities fraud and
drug trafficking and now advises people on how to survive behind bars,
told Bloomberg: ‘All the guys there will have wives or parents who”re
losing their homes or their jobs or who can’t send money to them
anymore. Everyone’s going to be blaming Bernie.’

Steve Vincent, another former inmate, told the New York Post that Madoff will soon realize he’s not in control of his fate, adding: ‘Once he gets behind that fence and that correctional officer tells him to strip, bend over and spread “em, he’ll find out that’s not the case.’

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Madoff's mugshot is released as his accountant is charged with fraud and prosecutors seize more possessions